Monthly Archives: July 2025
Paul Todd of NEST- 10.30 am – this morning – joining link here.
You are cordially invited to join our next Coffee Morning THIS MORNING at which Paul Todd, COO of NEST will be talking and answering our questions. If you want to understand where Nest is coming from, press the button on … Continue reading
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Tagged annuity, NEST, Paul Todd, pension playpen, personal pension
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Girl Football Power doesn’t need investment talk just yet!
I had got a glimpse of what was to come yesterday. I now can read my newspaper complete with that street bedecked with our Ladies football team earning a headline from the Financial Times which is some compliment (for that … Continue reading
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Steve Simkins speaks for the council tax payer , the member and employer
Steve Simkins is closer to the discussion on how the “stable primary contribution rate” that will enable actuaries to work out what employers should pay in their particular circumstances. He reports on a worrying tendency in the discussions among … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, corporate governance, Government, Insurance, pension, Pensions, Retirement
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Intergenerational fairness is a serious question at HMG
This is careful reading from David Robbins, what would this blog do without his help over the years? Thanks David and the support from WTW. From the IMF report. 👇Can’t read too much into a paraphrase, but this seems to … Continue reading
“This is Money” argues Brits are losing billions not investing.
This is Money, the financial website of the year, the site that speaks to more of middle Britain than any other, has this to say this morning (thanks to Harvey Dorset) Britain has a problem. Millions of people are holding … Continue reading
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Tagged Interactive Investor, Investment, ISAs, Pensions, This is Money
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Roarsome Lionesses!
For the second Euros in a row, England is champion and us blokes must recognise our women as winners. We men haven’t won a tournament of any magnitude since I was 4 in 1966. Our women are winners , I … Continue reading
Insurance could kill gilts and pensions, if given space.
It is a great education to me to have the readers I have. I want to understand the impact of holding gilts or withdrawing from holding gilts. My first commentator looks at the macro-import of gilts and how pensions are … Continue reading
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My 9,000th blog – 16 years to celebrate
This is my 9,000th blog. I don’t get hung up by blog stats but you might be interested in the outliers! Tomorrow there will be a blog published early, I like to make Monday a little easier and I’m … Continue reading
Sport – was it ever as good as today?
There is something so good about this photo that I want it in my blog no matter what happens this afternoon. There was a French horse winning a proper race and 7 races by the river at Windsor last night. … Continue reading
Is David Butcher’s mindfulness worth paying proper money for?
I reckon I’m an irascible fellow and I have a need to manage my moods and my temper. I may have a degree of awareness that makes me an ideal customer for David but David offered to give me a … Continue reading
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